Early physical therapy can reduce risk, amount of long-term opioid use Physical therapy within three months of a musculoskeletal pain diagnosis reduced patients’ risk of long-term opioid use by about 10 percent, according to a study by researchers at Stanford and Duke.

Strength in weakness: Fragile DNA regions key to vertebrate evolution DNA regions susceptible to breakage and loss are genetic hot spots for important evolutionary changes, according to Stanford study. The findings may lead to new understanding of human evolution.

Stanford Children’s Health to more than double number of telehealth appointments in 2019 Digital health technology is helping Stanford Children’s Health offer patients and their families better access to Stanford Medicine pediatric experts.

Researchers create wireless, battery-free, biodegradable blood flow sensor Transforming super-sensitive touch sensors, Stanford engineers and medical researchers have built a device to wirelessly monitor blood flow after surgery.

Researchers aim to develop radiation therapy with short exposure times SLAC and Stanford researchers have secured funding for two projects that share one goal: to reduce the side effects of radiation therapy by vastly shrinking the length of a typical session.